Today Marks The 58th Anniversary of Sly & the Family Stone’s 3rd Studio Album “Life” Originally Released on September 1, 1968.
“Life” is the third studio album by American Psychedelic funk-soul band Sly & the Family Stone, released in 1968 on Epic and CBS Records.
The album reached #195 on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs charts. The album reached #168 in Japan on their Oricon Albums Charts.
The album’s title track “Life” reached #93 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
“Life" captures the band's unique blend of genres, creating grooves that was both innovative and infectious.
Though not as successful as it’s predecessor “Dance To The Music” or commercially accepted as their later work the album was a crucial step in their development, praised for its energy, songwriting, and musicianship.
The band members shine individually and as a unit, with notable performances from Larry Graham on bass and Freddie Stone on guitar.
The album "Life" is heavily sampled in hip-hop and electronica, demonstrating its enduring influence on contemporary music.
Artists such as Cypress Hill, Beck, The Jaz and others have taken samples of the album and used it in their work.
Cypress Hill sampled Life by Sly & the Family Stone for their 1993 song
“Insane in the Brain” from their studio album “Black Sunday”.
The Rapper Jaz sampled Life by Sly & the Family Stone for his 1989 song “Boost Up the Family” from his studio album “Word to the Jaz”
Beck sampled Life by Sly & the Family Stone for his 1996 song “Sissyneck” from his studio album “Odelay”.
Track-listing
All tracks written by Sylvester Stewart, and produced and arranged by Sly Stone for Stone Flower Productions.
1. Dynamite
2. Chicken
3. Plastic Jim
4. Fun
5. Into My Own Thing
6. Harmony
7. Life
8. Love City
9. I'm an Animal
10. M'Lady
11. Jane Is a Groupee
12. Dynamite (mono single version)
13. Seven More Days (previously unreleased)
14. Pressure (previously unreleased)
15. Sorrow (previously unreleased)
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology
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